Senior Residency Training in Medical Oncology

Medical Oncology is a 3-year Internal Medicine (IM)-related Senior Residency training programme following the completion of the 3-year IM Residency Training Programme. For details on eligibility criteria and compulsory courses, please refer to the section on Internal Medicine-related specialties.

The duration of residency training accredited by ACGME-I and that required for exit certification by the Specialists Accreditation Board is listed in the following table. Where the duration for accreditation exceeds that of ACGME-I, the remaining time will be accredited by the Joint Committee on Specialist Training (JCST).

 Specialty Duration of training accredited by ACGME-I for residency programme (mths)   Total duration of training in Singapore (mths)
Medical Oncology
24 24) + 12


Training Requirements Document

Specialty

Training Requirements

Medical Oncology

 Medical Oncology Residency Training Requirements (as at 7 Aug 2023) PDF - 0.269 MB
 

Singapore Country Addendum to the ACGME-I Advanced Specialty Requirements

The Singapore Country Addendum to the ACGME-I Advanced Specialty Requirements prescribes specialty-specific programme requirements applicable to residency programmes in Singapore as discussed with the ACGME-I and the Singapore Residency Advisory Committees (RAC).

Read together with the ACGME-I Advanced Specialty Requirements, they represent the requirements of graduate medical education in the specialties listed.

Section

ACGME-I Specialty-Specific Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education

Addition/Change

Clarification

I B.

The educational program in Medical Oncology must be 24 months in length.

The total duration of training for an exit certification in Singapore is 36 months in length.

The first 24 months would be core training. An additional 12 months of oncology training is required per local requirements, of which up to 12 months could be spent on elective posting, which may include but not limited to the following postings:

• Medical Oncology, which includes basic and clinical research
• Radiation Oncology
• Haematology, Apheresis and Blood Banking
• Palliative Medicine
• Pathology/Surgical Oncology
• Nuclear Medicine (max 3 months)

The total duration of training for an exit certification in Singapore is 36 months in length.

IV B. 1

A minimum of 12 months must be devoted to clinical experience.

For the local 36-month program, minimum of 24 months must be devoted to clinical experience.

Singapore RAC’s specification on training requirements.

V A. 18

Performance of touch preparations.

Residents need to know how to perform the procedure but need not perform touch preparations routinely

 

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This is performed by the lab technicians and it may be more appropriate for the haematology program rather than the oncology program.

V B. 3.

Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, including:
a) basic molecular and pathophysiologic mechanisms, diagnosis, and therapy of diseases of the blood, to include anaemia’s, diseases of white blood cells and stem cells, and disorders of haemostasis and thrombosis; and,
b) etiology, epidemiology, natural history, diagnosis, pathology, staging, and management of neoplastic diseases of the blood, blood-forming organs, and lymphatic tissues.

Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, including:
a) basic molecular and pathophysiologic mechanisms, diagnosis, and therapy oflymphoid neoplasm, and,
b) etiology, epidemiology, natural history, diagnosis, pathology, staging, and management oflymphoid neoplasm.

Unlike a combined haematology-oncology training program, our proposed training program is an oncology-only sub-specialty training program. The stated requirements are therefore more relevant to a haematology training program. Hence we suggest restricting the training requirement to lymphoid neoplasms as these diseases are managed by medical oncologists as well in this country.

Exit Criteria

Specialty

Current Exit Examinations / Assessments
Medical Oncology
  • MCQs
  • Oral assessment